Tucson WIC Clinics

The WIC Program provides nutritious food for qualified women who are pregnant, nursing or who have just delivered, as well as infants and children under the age of five. The goal of the WIC Program is to prevent health problems and/or improve the health of its participants during critical times of growth and development. The Program is committed to helping participants improve their health through better nutrition and nutrition education. El Rio provides monthly WIC benefits to 2500 participants.

The WIC Program provides nutritious food for qualified women who are pregnant, nursing or who have just delivered, as well as infants and children under the age of five. The goal of the WIC Program is to prevent health problems and/or improve the health of its participants during critical times of growth and development. The Program is committed to helping participants improve their health through better nutrition and nutrition education. El Rio provides monthly WIC benefits to 2500 participants.

WIC is available to Arizona’s pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants and children under the age of five who are at nutritional risk and who are at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. The MHC WIC program promotes, supports and protects exclusive breastfeeding for approximately the first six months of life and continued breastfeeding for at least the first year of life.

WIC is available to Arizona’s pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants and children under the age of five who are at nutritional risk and who are at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. The MHC WIC program promotes, supports and protects exclusive breastfeeding for approximately the first six months of life and continued breastfeeding for at least the first year of life.

WIC is available to Arizona’s pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants and children under the age of five who are at nutritional risk and who are at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. The MHC WIC program promotes, supports and protects exclusive breastfeeding for approximately the first six months of life and continued breastfeeding for at least the first year of life.

WIC is available to Arizona’s pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants and children under the age of five who are at nutritional risk and who are at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. The MHC WIC program promotes, supports and protects exclusive breastfeeding for approximately the first six months of life and continued breastfeeding for at least the first year of life.

WIC is available to Arizona’s pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants and children under the age of five who are at nutritional risk and who are at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. The MHC WIC program promotes, supports and protects exclusive breastfeeding for approximately the first six months of life and continued breastfeeding for at least the first year of life.

WIC is a nutrition program that helps families feed their children healthy foods. WIC provides nutrition information, healthy foods , and help accessing health care to moderate to low-income families. The program is available to families with pregnant women, new mothers, and children under the age of five.

WIC provides nutrition education and “checks” to purchase nutritional foods designed to supplement the family food budget. The program is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children up to five (5) years old who have a health risk (such as anemia, underweight, overweight or history of pregnancy complications) can receive: nutrition education through a group or individually, screening for nutritional risks, growth monitoring, referral to local health and human services. Who Qualifies? Pregnant women, new moms up to one-year postpartum, children up to five (5) years of age can qualify for the food packages

WIC provides nutrition education and “checks” to purchase nutritional foods designed to supplement the family food budget. The program is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children up to five (5) years old who have a health risk (such as anemia, underweight, overweight or history of pregnancy complications) can receive: nutrition education through a group or individually, screening for nutritional risks, growth monitoring, referral to local health and human services. Who Qualifies? Pregnant women, new moms up to one-year postpartum, children up to five (5) years of age can qualify for the food packages

WIC provides nutrition education and “checks” to purchase nutritional foods designed to supplement the family food budget. The program is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children up to five (5) years old who have a health risk (such as anemia, underweight, overweight or history of pregnancy complications) can receive: nutrition education through a group or individually, screening for nutritional risks, growth monitoring, referral to local health and human services. Who Qualifies? Pregnant women, new moms up to one-year postpartum, children up to five (5) years of age can qualify for the food packages

WIC provides nutrition education and “checks” to purchase nutritional foods designed to supplement the family food budget. The program is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children up to five (5) years old who have a health risk (such as anemia, underweight, overweight or history of pregnancy complications) can receive: nutrition education through a group or individually, screening for nutritional risks, growth monitoring, referral to local health and human services. Who Qualifies? Pregnant women, new moms up to one-year postpartum, children up to five (5) years of age can qualify for the food packages

The WIC Program provides nutritious food for qualified women who are pregnant, nursing or who have just delivered, as well as infants and children under the age of five. The goal of the WIC Program is to prevent health problems and/or improve the health of its participants during critical times of growth and development. The Program is committed to helping participants improve their health through better nutrition and nutrition education. El Rio provides monthly WIC benefits to 2500 participants.

Who is WIC for? Infants, Children under age five, Pregnant women, Breastfeeding women, until the infant's first birthday , Postpartum women with babies up to six months of age. The St. Elizabeth’s Health Center WIC program promotes, supports and protects exclusive breastfeeding for approximately the first six months of life and continued breastfeeding for at least the first year of life.

WIC Resources

WIC Breast Feeding Support
Breastfeeding is essential in infant development and is recommended by the Women, Infant, and Child Program to be the best way of feeding babies.